Mark Warner: “I say to colleagues, in all candor, this is the third vote on the same issue. They have addressed the issues in this…”

“I say to colleagues, in all candor, this is the third vote on the same issue. They have addressed the issues in this amendment on two occasions, and by significant margin we have decided to reject in any way taking the Missile Defense Program and changing it at this time. They voted on the Levin amendment and rejected it. They voted on my amendment, which was to an earlier Reed amendment on much the same principle, and rejected the amendment of the Senator from Rhode Island. I say to my colleagues we have to have some consistency. Regrettably, we are asked for a third vote on the same issue. I strongly urge my colleagues to reject this amendment.”